\begin{table}\tiny
\caption{List of panel characteristics we use as predictors in our models, including information about their source. Variables marked with a star were created by the authors using data in the source dataset, whereas variables without a star are original variables from the source dataset (with minimal cleaning).}\label{tab:PanelPredictors}\begin{tabular}{lllllll}
Variable Description & Variable Name & Mean & Std. Dev. & Modal Value & Modal Value \% & Variable Source \\
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No. of Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.rep & 1.281 & 0.854 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.dem & 1.719 & 0.854 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
Majority Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.maj.rep & 0.390 & 0.488 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. Mean DIME Score$^*$ & p.dime.mean & -0.125 & 0.442 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; Bonica-Sen DIME Database \\
No. Median DIME Score$^*$ & p.dime.median & -0.144 & 0.634 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; Bonica-Sen DIME Database \\
No. Max DIME Score$^*$ & p.dime.max & 0.535 & 0.532 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; Bonica-Sen DIME Database \\
No. Min DIME Score$^*$ & p.dime.min & -0.767 & 0.465 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; Bonica-Sen DIME Database \\
No. of Senior Judges$^*$ & p.seniors & 0.931 & 0.701 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Women$^*$ & p.women & 0.777 & 0.734 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Black Judges$^*$ & p.black & 0.106 & 0.324 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Hispanic Judges$^*$ & p.hispanic & 0.313 & 0.527 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Asian Judges$^*$ & p.asian & 0.103 & 0.311 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Pacific Islander Judges$^*$ & p.pacific & 0.007 & 0.083 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Non-White Judges$^*$ & p.non.white & 0.529 & 0.670 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Eisenhower Appointees$^*$ & p.Eisenhower & 0.000 & 0.000 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Kennedy Appointees$^*$ & p.Kennedy & 0.026 & 0.160 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Johnson Appointees$^*$ & p.Johnson & 0.037 & 0.188 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Nixon Appointees$^*$ & p.Nixon & 0.126 & 0.342 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Ford Appointees$^*$ & p.Ford & 0.028 & 0.165 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Carter Appointees$^*$ & p.Carter & 0.571 & 0.670 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Reagan Appointees$^*$ & p.Reagan & 0.524 & 0.665 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Bush (41) Appointees$^*$ & p.Bush41 & 0.283 & 0.507 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Clinton Appointees$^*$ & p.Clinton & 1.033 & 0.803 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Bush (43) Appointees$^*$ & p.Bush43 & 0.320 & 0.567 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Obama Appointees$^*$ & p.Obama & 0.051 & 0.236 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. ABA Extremely Well Qualified$^*$ & p.EWQ & 0.019 & 0.137 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. ABA Well Qualified$^*$ & p.WQ & 1.832 & 0.832 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. ABA Qualified$^*$ & p.Q & 0.970 & 0.793 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. ABA Not Qualified$^*$ & p.NQ & 0.003 & 0.050 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. ABA Not Rated$^*$ & p.noneQ & 0.177 & 0.413 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
Majority of Non-Traditional Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.maj.r.div & 0.035 & 0.184 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
Majority of Non-Traditional Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.maj.d.div & 0.169 & 0.375 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
At Least One Non-Traditional Republican Appointee$^*$ & p.rep.div.any & 0.292 & 0.455 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
At Least One Non-Traditional Democratic Appointee$^*$ & p.dem.div.any & 0.606 & 0.489 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Non-Traditional Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.rep.div & 0.329 & 0.544 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Non-Traditional Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.dem.div & 0.790 & 0.750 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Black Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.rep.black & 0.004 & 0.066 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Hispanic Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.rep.hispanic & 0.144 & 0.369 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Non-White Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.rep.non.white & 0.164 & 0.393 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Other Non-White Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.rep.other.non.white & 0.158 & 0.387 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of White Male Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.rep.white.male & 0.952 & 0.808 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of White Female Republican Appointees$^*$ & p.rep.white.female & 0.164 & 0.388 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Black Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.dem.black & 0.101 & 0.317 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Hispanic Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.dem.hispanic & 0.169 & 0.395 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Non-White Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.dem.non.white & 0.365 & 0.564 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of Other Non-White Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.dem.other.non.white & 0.329 & 0.540 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of White Male Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.dem.white.male & 0.930 & 0.808 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
No. of White Female Democratic Appointees$^*$ & p.dem.white.female & 0.425 & 0.582 & -- & -- & Original Docket Database; FJC Biographical Directory \\
Indicators for Individual Judges & -- & -- & -- & -- & -- & Original Docket Database \\
Indicators for Judge Pairs & -- & -- & -- & -- & -- & Original Docket Database \\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}